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绸缪

chóu móu

2-character word Traditional 綢繆

What 绸缪 means

1. to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth

The characters in 绸缪

• 绸chóu(light) silk
• 缪móuused in 绸缪

Example sentences

• 未雨绸缪。
  Wèiyǔchóumóu.
  Save for a rainy day.
• 你最好未雨绸缪。
  Nǐ zuì hǎo wèiyǔchóumóu.
  You had better keep your money for a rainy day.

Words containing 绸缪

• 未雨绸缪wèi yǔ chóu móulit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 诗经)…

Sounds the same

Read chóu móu, tone for tone, but written differently.

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